Improved carpet-cleaning- machine



intimi gisten EDWARD sv `reconnu, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 90,390.1latetl May 25, 1869.

IMPROVED CARPET-CLEANING MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent. and making part of the same.

T o all lwhom it may con-cern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. Potions-n, of New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improve.

ments on Carpet-Cleaning Machinery; and I do hereby declare that the ibllowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a sect-iointaken through the machine in the vertical plane indicated by line x in iig. 2,-representing the machine as it would appear when erected and in operation.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the machine.

Figure 3 is a side view of the machine when folded.

Figure 4 is a sectional view in detail, showing one of the revolving tappets arranged toact upon the pivoted end of a beater.-

Figure 5 is a sectional view of a suctiou-device for carrying off the dust. v

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding pantsin the' several `figures.

rlhis invention relates to certain novel improvements on machinery for cleaning carpets by beating and brushing them.

The nature of my invention consists- First, in a novel combination and arrangement of beating-arms, with endless belt-guides, brushes, and rollers, and also with a portable folding-frame, whereby thfe operations of beating and sweeping can be performed with great facility and perfection, and whereby the machine can be made to occupy a very compact space when not in immediate use, as will be herein# after explained.

Secondly, in the arrangement upon a suitable frame of a series of alternately moving beating-arms, so that these arms shall lie at right angles to the direction of movement of the carpet, and strike from opposite sides of the carpet, while passing between them and a series of endless-belt supports, as will be hereinafter explained.

Thirdly, in the application of cloth guides to the carpet-rollers, with claspsv or hooks applied to the edges of said guides, as will be hereinafter explained, whereby the entire length of carpet can be guided and kept smooth while passing beneath the beaters.

Fourthly, in combination with the carpet-cleaning machine, a suction-fan forfcarrying off the dust, as will` be hereinafter explained.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

The frame, which is adapted for' containing the carpet-cleaning devices, is composed of two sections, A and B, united together by hinges a, and provided with a pivoted hooked tie',."]3', so that this frame can be erected for operatiornfas shown in figs. 1 and 2,0r folded, as shown in fig. 3, when not in use.

By having hooks b applied to the lower ends ofthe frame A, this frame can be secured rmly down upon a foundation or door, A, by using staples or other fastenings, iu combination with the said hooks.

The frame A consists of two parallel bear/11s,secured together by cross-beams A' A', in a rigid manner, the ends of which extend out beyond the said beams, and adapt-ed to form bearings for two tanpct-carrying shafts4 At or near the extreme ends of this frame, and arranged parallel to the beams A A, are rollers D D- one ofwhich, I), receives the carpet around it, and pays itoli' or rolls it up, and the other, Dz, which is flanged, serves to guide the carpet while passing to or from a carpet-roller, I) This latter roller?)1 has its bearings in the frame B, and serves the same purpose as the roller D at the base ofthe frame-section A. c

To each one of the two carpet-rollers I) D1, I permanently amx a piece of canvas, S, indicated in blue in g. 1, which has hooks or caps, It h, attached to its free end, and which should be nearly or quite as long as the distance between the two rollers D D.

The object of these canvas strips S is to guide the carpet beneath the beaters smoothly, and also allow the ends ofthe carpet, which are fastened to the ends of these strips, to be properly beaten and kept stretched while being beaten.

Between the two rollers D D2, and having their bearings in the longitudinal beams of frame A, are

rtwo belt-rollers C C', over which a number of narrow belts, e e e, pass, arranged at suitable distances apart, so as to afford a support for the carpet while being beaten.

The lower roller, C', receives rotary motion from a hand-crank, K, or from a convenient prime-mover, actingr through the medium of a belt passing around a fast drum, L. On one end of the shaft of roller C', a beltdrum, k, is fastened, which communicates rotary motion to the carpet-roller D, through belt j and drum k',- and on both vends of the shattof roller O' bevel spur-wheels (l d are keyed, which engage with pinion spurs d d? on tappet-shatts E E, and communicate rotary motion thereto.

The uppermost roller, O, receives rotary motion from the lower roller C", through the medium of the belts or bands e e e, and communicates rotary motion to carpet-rollers D, through belt 0, and also to the brush-roller F, through a belt passing around pulleys m fm', as shown in figs. 2 and 3.

The brush-roller F is arranged between the rollers O D, for sweeping or brushing the carpet while passing to or from the beaters.

The beaters s s s are equally divided upon opposite sides of the i'ame A, and arc all arranged parallel to the rollers over which the carpet is drawn, and about which it is wound, as shown in iig 2.

These beaters are pivoted to short standards t, fastened to and rising from the side'beains of frame A, so that they will vibrate freely.

rlhe shortest arms .of these beaters,fwhich are snitablyshod with metal, and bevelled, as shown in fig. 4, are acted upon by tappet-rollers t1', which are secured in pairs to short arms on shafts E E; and the beaters are caused to strike the carpet by the action of springs n n upon them. The tappetrollers li raise the bea-ters free from the carpet, and the springs n n cause the beaters to strike suddenly uponV thc carpet when the beaters are released from said rollers. Y

The tappets .are Yarranged upon their respect-ive shafts so as to canse the heaters to alternate with each other in their blows.

I employ, in conjunction with my improved carpetcleaner, a suction-device for carrying oli most of' the dust which is driven out of carpets.

This device consists of a horizontally-arranged case, G, mounted upon legs G3, and constructed with a large upwardly-flaring receiving mouth, G.

Within the case. G, and suitably supported in bea-rings, is a shaft, g, carrying on one end a belt-pulley,g, and having applied to it, within the said case, a spiral flange, G2, by the rapid rotation of which a strong descending draught is created in the direction of the arrows in iig. 5.

In practice, this suction-device is arranged beneath the frame A, and its flange Grz is rotated by means of a belt, p, which is passed around ,pulleys P g'. As the dust is driven out of a carpet by the beaters andbrush,

as above described, it will be drawn into the spout G, .and discharged from cas G into a trunk, leading o" to any-convenient place. .y

To operate the machine, aY carpet isfastcned by one end 'to one end of the canvas S on roller D, and rolled thereon.' The free end of the canvas S, attached to the'roller D, is thenv drawndown between bands or belts e and the beaters s, and its end attached to the free end of the carpet. Thus the carpet will be fastened at. both ends to the two canvas strips, and by unrolling it from D and rolling,r it upon D?, at the will be cleaned- After the last end 0f the carpet leaves the roller D, it will be held by the canvas strip and allowed to pass beneath the entire number of beaters, and also beneath the brush. By then reversing the motion of the mauchine, the carpet can be returned beneath the beaters,

and moved upon the roller Dl again.

Having described my invention,

Vhat claim as new, and desire to secure by Le ters Patent, is

1. The combination of a portable folding frame A B, having beating arms s, a brush, F, and carpet-rollers D D D', arranged upon it, substantially as and for the purposes described.`

2. The combination of the suction-device GgG G with the carpet-cleaning machine, substantially as described.

3. Tappet-carrying shafts E E, arranged so as to be driven by roller O,.and to operate upon beaters, which are pivoted on opposite sides of frame A, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the endless bauds e e with the beaters s s, and carpet-rollers, substantially as and for the purposes described.

5. In combination with the folding frame A B, the rollers D-D D2, and the beating-arms s s s, arranged substantially as described.

EDWD. S. POUOHER.

Witnesses: l J. SEELY JONES STEPHEN R. LAWRENCE.

same time actuating,r the beaters and brush, the carpetI 

